March 2015
Date Name (Age) of DeceasedRaceState (City)Description2015-03-31Tyrail Ezell (31)BlackTennessee (Nashville) 2015-03-31 Benjamin Quezada (21) Hispanic Texas (Baytown) Baytown Police responded to call just after midnight of a man standing in an intersection with a weapon. When officers arrived they found Quezada carrying a pellet gun. He did not drop the weapon as ordered and when he turned pointed it at an officer he was killed with a shotgun.2015-03-31 Jeremy James Anderson (36) White Florida (Tampa) Anderson was killed by members of a task force of United States Marshals and Tampa Police who were trying to arrest him on multiple warrants. Gunfire was exchanged inside the house where Anderson was staying.2015-03-31 Phillip White (32) Black New Jersey (Vineland) Residents on the 100 block of Grape Street called police after seeing a man acting strange on the sidewalk. When officers Louis Platania and Richard Janasiak responded to the disorderly conduct call, the situation escalated and 32-year-old Philip White was arrested then taken to the hospital in 'respiratory distress' where he was pronounced dead. In the days following the incident, a video from an eye-witness emerged showing one of the officers on Mr White's back before a police dog is called over. The Officers allow the dog to attack Mr White while the officer on his back continues to punch. The dog is allowed to maul the unconscious body of Mr White, biting and tearing several times on his head, neck and arms while he lay in the road. The video did not show how Mr White came to be in the road. 2015-03-30 Brian Avon Babb (49) White Oregon (Eugene) The therapist of a troubled veteran called 911. Officers responded by driving an armored vehicle onto his property. Babb allegedly shouldered an unloaded rifle and officers shot the man dead. 2015-03-30 Dominick R. Wise (30) Black Virginia (Culpeper) Culpeper Police responded to reports of a man walking in circles in the middle of the street. When an officer talked to him he fled. He was tased more than once and several officers subdued him and put him in handcuffs. After paramedics arrived he became unresponsive and soon died at a hospital. The Medical Examiner in Manassas, Virginia attributed the accidental death to heart arrhythmia due to PCP intoxication, restraint and exertion, and the taser. 2015-03-30 Maya Hall (Ricky Shawatza Hall) (27) Black Maryland (Fort Meade) Hall and a companion Fleming were driving an SUV they had recently stolen from a third companion. In an apparent error of navigation, they took an exit restricted to NSA employees but refused police commands to stop, possibly because they had drugs inside the vehicle. Police fired on the vehicle, which then crashed into a cruiser. Hall died at the scene. 2015-03-29 Moland, Jason (29) California (Modesto) An off-duty police officer and a woman were at a park when they were approached by Mr. Moland, and a confrontation ensued. Mr. Moland brandished a weapon, and the officer shot him. Later the brandished weapon was identified as a BB gun. 2015-03-29 John Marcel Allen (54) White Nevada (Boulder City) Boulder City Police officers, responding to a call of shots fired, encountered Allen outside his apartment building. When he shot at them police returned fire, killing him. 2015-03-29 Byron Hebert (29) Black Kentucky (Elizabethtown) Responding to a disturbance at a store parking lot, an officer confronted Mr. Herbert who was assaulting a woman and brandishing a handgun. Gunfire was exchanged and the suspect was fatally shot. 2015-03-28 Robert Rooker (26) White Ohio (Latham) Pike County Sheriff Deputies attempted to pull over Rooker for speeding. Deputies say that when Rooker used his vehicle to ram and to attempt to ram their cars, they shot and killed him. Deputy Joel Jenkins was indicted for manslaughter and reckless homicide. 2015-03-28 Meagan Hockaday (26) Black California (Oxnard) Responding to a 911 call of a domestic dispute, two Oxnard police officers went to an apartment about 1 a.m. While an officer was talking with Hokaday's boyfriend, who had made the call, Hockaday approached the two with a knife. The officer shot and killed Hockaday. 2015-03-27 Gary Kendrick (56) White California (Encinitas) A 56-year-old Encinitas man was shot and killed by a San Diego County sheriff's deputy Friday. 2015-03-27 Adrian Hernandez (23) Hispanic California (Bakersfield) A crime-spree-filled day ended in a police shoot-out in which Hernandez was killed. 2015-03-27 Pope, Aaron (34) Ohio (Toledo) Police responded to a call of Pope acting out of control. Family members said police used too much force when they were detaining the unarmed man, by putting pressure on his chest including an officer holding him down with his knees. Police did not call for an ambulance but transported Pope to the hospital themselves, where he was pronounced dead. 2015-03-27 Harvey E. Oates (42) White West Virginia (Fort Ashby) West Virginia State Troopers received a call about a distraught man in possession of a gun. When an officer attempted a traffic stop the suspect fled his vehicle and ran into the woods with his gun, threatening to shoot officers and himself. After a ninety-minute standoff Oates moved toward the officers and pointed his gun at them. A trooper shot and killed him. 2015-03-27 Jamalis Hall (39) Black Florida (Fort Pierce) Hall was wanted on a murder warrant when he was pulled over by a task force including officers from St. Lucie County Sheriff's office. He was lying on the floor of the van and when he reached for a knife he was shot and killed. 2015-03-27 Neil Seifert (40) White Massachusetts (Webster) Webster Police responding to a domestic disturbance call learned that Seifert had left the scene in his girlfriend's car. When he returned to his girlfriend's home he had a shotgun which he fired at police. They returned fire, killing him. 2015-03-27 Angelo West (41) Black Massachusetts (Roxbury) Boston Police gang unit officers investigating a report of shots fired pulled over a vehicle carrying three men. The suspect stepped out of the car and fled, firing his gun at the officers. One officer was shot in the face. The other officers returned fire, killing Angelo West. The wounded officer was in critical condition at a hospital. 2015-03-26 Adrian Solis (35) Hispanic California (Los Angeles) Two Los Angeles Police officers responded to a call of a suicidal man in the Wilmington neighborhood. They arrived to find a man bleeding from a deep cut in his neck. When the paramedics arrived, one officer went outside to direct them, leaving one officer with the subject. Solis jumped up, grabbed two kitchen knives, and approached the officer who had remained. The officer went outside, followed by Solis who continued to advance. An officer shot and killed Solis. 2015-03-26 Deanne Choate (53) White Kansas (Gardner) Police were called to a home by a man who said a woman had discharged a handgun inside the home. When they arrived the woman was in bed. The two officers handcuffed the man and put him into their car. They then went into the room and within a few minutes the man heard several gunshots. The officers had shot and killed the woman. Johnson County District Attorney decided that the officers were justified in shooting the woman. 2015-03-26 Smith, Gregory Thomas Joseph (39) Indiana (Crown Point) Smith was being transferred between areas of the Lake County Jail when he had an outburst. Officers used a taser to stun him and he went into cardiac arrest. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. 2015-03-25 Victor Daniel Terrazas (28) Hispanic California (Los Angeles) Los Angeles County Sheriff deputies in an unincorporated area of Los Angeles were investigating the murder of a woman when about 1:30 am they found Terrazas in a nearby alley. He was armed with a shotgun and fired upon the deputies who then shot and killed him. 2015-03-25 Jeremy L. Kelly (27) Black South Carolina (Johnsonville) Florence County Sheriffs deputies responding to a call of shots fired encountered Kelly in the woods near the scene. The Sheriff's SWAT team also arrived and tried to negotiate with Kelly. About one hour after the original call Kelly pointed a weapon at the officers and they fired, killing him. 2015-03-24 Walter Brown III (29) Black Virginia (Portsmouth) An officer fatally shot a drug suspect who fled when police attempted to question him. Police allege he nearly struck a detective with his vehicle as he fled. Police caught up with Brown, and after using a Taser twice, Brown produced a gun and was shot by a responding officer. 2015-03-24 Nicholas Thomas (23) Black Georgia (Smyrna) Sgt. Kenneth Owens tried to serve Thomas with an arrest warrant for parole violation. Officers say Thomas got into a customer's car and tried to run them over rather than be arrested, so Owens shot Thomas. 2015-03-24 Joseph Tassinari (63) White Arizona (Glendale) After allegedly brandishing a firearm in a verbal exchange with a couple at an ATM, Tassinari was traced to his home and confronted by police. He allegedly reached for a weapon in his waistband and was both tazered and then shot dead by an officer. 2015-03-24 Scott Dunham (57) White California (San Jose) Three officers responded to a call of a threatening incident at Dunham's apartment. Upon approaching the building, Dunham opened fire killing one officer. Return gunfire killed Dunham on his balcony. 2015-03-24 Steven Timothy Snyder (38) White Wisconsin (Fond du Lac) Snyder, suspected of a bank robbery, was apparently shot and killed in a shootout with State Trooper Trevor Casper (21). Snyder's shots also killed Trooper Casper in the exchange of gunfire. 2015-03-22 Christopher R. Healy (36) White Oregon (Portland) Portland Police officers were responding to a burglary call and found Healey who had tried to run from the resident. When he refused to lie down as ordered and instead advanced toward the officers with a knife in his hand the police shot and killed him. 2015-03-22 Enoch Gaver (21) White Arizona (Cottonwood) Up to nine suspects were reportedly assaulting a woman at a Walmart store. As officers arrived on scene, at least one of the men fired at the officers in the store parking lot, wounding one in the leg. One suspect was shot dead, and another was wounded in the stomach. Seven other officers received injuries while arresting the men. 2015-03-22 Allen, Alissa (24) New Jersey (Bridgeton) Allen was arrested for a 2012 warrant alleging shoplifting. She was held at Cumberland County Jail in Bridgeton, NJ. After two days in jail, Allen was found dead in her cell. Allen's death is being investigated by the Cumberland County Prosecutor. 2015-03-22 Denzel Brown (21) Black New York (Islip) A Suffolk County Police officer investigating a shoplifting was directed by a witness to where the suspect was hiding outside the store. When the suspect climbed into an occupied car and tried to drive away the officer reached into the car to try to put the car into park, but was unable to stop the suspect. During the chase the officer had tried to tase Brown but the taser was ineffective. Finally the officer shot Brown once. He was able to keep driving but was soon other officers were able to take him into custody. Brown was taken to a hospital where he died. 2015-03-21 Devin J. Gates (24) Black California (Santa Clara) At 2 am, a robbery suspect, Devin Gates, was fatally shot by two police officers after he tried robbing a 7-11 store and fired a shot at the clerk, missing. The gunman walked out the store and was shot by officers. 2015-03-21 Richard White (63) Black Louisiana (New Orleans) At the New Orleans International Airport, White sprayed several TSA agents with insecticide and attempted to attack them with a machete. He was shot by a deputy and died one day later. 2015-03-21 Philip Conley (37) White California (Vallejo) Conley held a knife and displayed a fake gun in his waistband when he confronted a Vallejo